Actor
Dan Blocker
December 10, 1928 · DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S
Bobby Dan Davis Blocker (December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972) was an American television actor and Korean War veteran, who played Hoss Cartwright in the long-running NBC Western television series Bonanza.
Notable work
Often works with
Richard Reeves
4 titles together
Maverick, Cheyenne, Sugarfoot
John Dehner
4 titles together
The Girl in Black Stockings, The Rebel, Something for a Lonely Man
Lorne Greene
3 titles together
Bonanza, Swing Out, Sweet Land, Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Michael Landon
3 titles together
Bonanza, Swing Out, Sweet Land, Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Pernell Roberts
3 titles together
Bonanza, Sugarfoot, Cimarron City
Ray Teal
3 titles together
Bonanza, Maverick, Cheyenne
Full filmography · 28
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Charley
1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Indian Who Sells Manhattan
1970
Something for a Lonely Man
as John Killibrew
1968
Lady in Cement
as Waldo Gronsky
19686.2
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
1966
Johnny Appleseed
as Narrator
1965
Come Blow Your Horn
as Eckman
19635.1
The Young Captives
as Oil Field Roughneck
1959
Natchez
as George
1958
Outer Space Jitters
as Zombie
1957
The Girl in Black Stockings
as Mike, the Bartender
19576.1